Architecture as Muse

Perched high above the desert rests a fortress of burnished gold—a citadel whose centuries-old alleys and

sun-warmed courtyards have housed generations of royalty, shopkeepers, artisans, and residents. Here, kitchens

are lit at dawn, laundry lines flit across sun-bathed stone terraces, and rituals echo in its temples. It is no wonder

then that in 1968, when Satyajit Ray arrived to shoot Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, he was charmed by the fort’s

hospitality, its evocative architecture, and especially by how the yellow limestone walls glowed like molten gold

in sunlight....